Merrick Garland Supreme Court nomination
On March 16, 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Merrick Garland for Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States to succeed Antonin Scalia, who had died one month earlier. At the time of his nomination, Garland was the chief judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
Garland with President Obama on March 17, 2016 shortly after his nomination was announced.
Associate Justice Antonin Scalia
Garland meeting with Democratic U.S. Senator Al Franken
Merrick Garland with Republican U.S. Senator Susan Collins
Merrick Brian Garland is an American lawyer and jurist who serves as the 86th United States attorney general. He previously served as a U.S. circuit judge of the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit from 1997 to 2021. In 2016, President Barack Obama nominated Garland to the U.S. Supreme Court, but the Republican-led U.S. Senate effectively blocked Garland's appointment.
Official portrait, 2021
Garland in 2016 as chief judge of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit
Garland with President Barack Obama in 2016
Garland is sworn in as Attorney General in March 2021.
